title: Epilepsia partialis continua as the presenting symptom in probable sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
abstract: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare form of rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Literature survey reveals only four reported cases of CJD with epilepsia partialis continua. Here, we present a review and a case study, with video-EEG sequences and characteristic MRI findings, of a fifth patient who presented with epilepsia partialis continua in the very early stage of the disease and followed a fatal course which was faster than expected. [Published with video sequences].
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. Aslihantaskiran@gmail.com
authors.forename: Aslihan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taskiran
authors.forename: F Irsel
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Tezer
authors.forename: Serap
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saygi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D017036:Epilepsia Partialis Continua / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male